Section 166State of Jammu-Kashmir Act
Section 166: Public servant disobeying law with intent to cause injury to any person
Public servant disobeying law with intent to cause injury to any person.
- Whoever, being a public servant, knowingly disobeys any direction of the law as to the way in which he is to conduct himself as such public servant, intending to cause, or knowing it to be likely that he will, by such disobedience cause injury to any person, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.IllustrationA, being an officer directed by law to take property in execution in order to satisfy a decree pronounced in Z's favour by a Court of Justice, knowingly disobeys the direction of law, with the knowledge that he is likely thereby to cause injury to Z. A has committed the offence defined in this section.Previous
Sec 165A — [ Punishment for abetment of offences defined in section 161 or section 165. [Section 165-A inserted by Act III of 1958.]
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Sec 166A — [ Public servant disobeying direction under law. [Inserted by Jammu and Kashmir Act No. 11 of 2014, dated 22.3.2014.]
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